Influence on Social Media on Children Morality in Uganda, A Case of Kampala Central Division

ABSTRACT 

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effect of social media on children between seven to seventeen years in Kampala central division. The study was based on three research objectives which included establishing the contributions of social media to the social development of children between 7-17 years, examining the morale challenges that can be brought by social media in children development in Kampala city division and propose measures that can be adopted in improving the social media prevalence amidst children of 7-17 years in Kampala ~central division. The researcher employed a descriptive research design involving the use of both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The study chose a population of 57 people chosen from Kampala central division. [‘he contributions of social media to the social economic well being of children in Kampala central division. The responses were about 80% agreed that social media improves improved children understanding, improved political mobilization had 78% of the responses followed by improved provision on health education, providing a friendly environment and improved Problem solving among conflicting parties with 60% each, improved self esteem had 58% and 46% were for improving communication at lower costs Challenges associated with the challenges that can be brought by social media in children development in Kampala city division of the respondents who strongly agreed and agreed, from the findings, it is evident that limited concentration on education had the highest level of responses with 88%, limited reasoning capacities with 78%, others were immorality and indiscipline, high degree of cultural deterioration, high degree of hacking and illegal activity hinder operations, complexities in comprehension and the measures that can be adopted in improving the social media prevalence amidst children of 7-17 years in Kampala central division included training business bodies on the use of social media, Integrating social media with other media, enhancing provision of social media role, sensitization of masses on the availability of marketing opportunities, there is need for improved consideration of ICT developments, organizations need to adopt face book for business purposes and there is need to improve access to ICT tools. The researcher recommend for the adoption of the following recommendations. The extraction of social networks crucially depends on the successful recognition of person names. The use of social media has made it possible for professionals around the globe to get advice from their colleagues and share experiences with a mouse click, the adoption of monitoring mechanisms for the social media systems. The emerging network environment does preclude the loss of control but does require executives to rethink the means by which risk is managed. Information exchange costs, necessary for coordination, have dropped to near zero with the Internet. The researcher recommends that there is need to adopt the measures of improving the adoption of social media as raised in the sub-chapter 4.4 of chapter four

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION

APPROVAL II

DEDICATION iii

ACKNOWLGEMENTS iv

LiST OF TABLES V

LIST OF FIGURES vi

TABLE OF CONTENTS vii

ABSTRACT X

CHAPTER ONE: THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE 1

[.0 Introduction 1

1.1 Background of the Problem I

1.2 The statement of the Problem 3

1.3 Purpose of the study 3

1.4 Research Objectives 4

1 .5 Research Questions 4

1.6.Scope of the study 4

1.6.1 Subject Scope 4

1.6.2 Time scope 4

1.6.3 Geographical Scope 5

1.6.4 Theoretical scope 5

1.7 Significance of the study 5

1.8 Conceptual framework 6

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 7

2.0 Introduction 7

 Contributions of social media to the social development of children 7

~.2 Morale challenges that can be brought by social media in children development 11

~.3 Measures that can be adopted in improving the social media prevalence amidst children 14

CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY 17

3.0 Introduction 17

3.1 Research design 17

3.2 Population of the study 17

3.2.lSample Population 17

3.2.2 Sampling Techniques 18

3.3 Data collection methods 18

3.3.1 Questionnaires 18

3.3.2 Interviews 18

3.4 Sources of data 19

3.4.1 Primary Data 19

3.4.2 Secondary Data 19

3.5 Research procedure 19

3.6. Data processing 19

3.7 Data presentation and analysis 20

3.8 Validity and reliability of Data 20

3.8. 1 Validity 20

3.8.2 Reliability 20

3.9 Ethical consideration 20

CHAPTER FOUR: PRESENTATION, INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINDINGS 21

4.0 Introduction 21

4.1 Bio data of respondents 21

4.1.1 Sex of respondents 21

4.1.2 Age of respondents 22

4.1.3 Academic Qualifications of respondents 2

Time respondents have used social media 24

L2 Contributions of social media to the social development of children in Kampala central division 24

L3 Morale challenges that can be brought by social media in children development in Kampala city division 28

1.4 Measures that can be adopted in improving the social media prevalence amidst children of 7-17 years in Kampala central division 32

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION, RECOMMENDATIONS AND AREAS OF FURTHER STUDY 36

5.0 Introduction 36

5.1 Summary of the findings 36

5.2 Conclusions 37

5.3 Recommendations 38

5.4 Areas of further research 39

REFERENCES 40

APPENDIX I: RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE 43

APPENDIX II: TIME FRAME FOR THE STUDY 48

APPENDIX III: ACTUAL RESEARCH BUDGET 49